Heterocycles

Synthesis of peroxylactones using Mn (III)-catalyzed aerobic oxidation

MA Haque, H Nishino

Index: Haque, Md. Aminul; Nishino, Hiroshi Heterocycles, 2011 , vol. 83, # 8 p. 1783 - 1805

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Abstract

Abstract–The aerobic oxidation of tetronic acid in the presence of 1, 1-disubstituted alkenes afforded hydroperoxyethyl-peroxylactones, while a similar reaction using 3-alkyl-substituted tetronic acids gave stable crystalline peroxylactones in good to excellent yields. The oxidation using a stoichiometric amount of manganese (III) acetate did not give the bicyclic lactone but the ethenyland/or ethyl-tetronic acid derivatives.